The evolution of architecture and building in Egypt, Mesopotamia, Asia Minor and North Syria, the Levant, Elam and Persia, and Cyprus from earliest times to the Hellenistic Period is the subject matter of this study.

x, 246 pages : 27 cm

Includes bibliographical references

"Second printing, June 1972."

Ancient Egypt -- They physical environment -- The religious and social background -- The historical background -- The prehistoric settlements -- Towns of historical Egypt -- Houses -- Palaces -- Temples -- Cult temples -- Sun temples -- Mortuary temples -- Tombs -- The development of the Mastaba tomb -- The development of the pyramid -- The development of the rock-cut tomb -- Forts -- Materials and methods of construction -- The style -- The Ancient Near East -- Mesopotamia -- The social environment -- The Predynastic Period -- The Early Dynastic Period -- Akkad and Gudea of Lagash -- Dynasty III of Ur -- Isin-Larsa -- Babylon and the Kassites -- The Assyrians -- The Neo-Babylonians -- Fortifications -- Asia Minor and North Syria -- Haçilar -- Troy -- Bogazköy -- Alishar -- Kültepe -- Samal -- Carchemish -- Hadattu -- The Levant -- Jericho -- Gezer -- Megiddo -- Byblos -- Sidon -- Tyre -- Ugarit -- Elam and Persia -- Cyprus -- Architecture in the ancient world -- The Ancient Orient and the Aegean -- A chronological synopsis -- Chronological appearance of various architectural characteristics throughout the ancient world -- Suggested filiations from Egypt and the Near East to Greece -- Glossary of technical terms

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